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Anambra, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, State News
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka—THE Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has commenced the distribution of relief materials worth about N20 million to the victims of last year’s minor flood disaster that affected some parts of the state. The materials, which were donated by the presidential committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, included thousands of bags […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Judiciary, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
The Supreme Court has removed Stella Oduah and Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party as lawmakers representing Anambra State. The ruling means the election of all three Senators representing Anambra State had been nullified. The election of Uche Ekwunife was nullified by the Court of Appeal in December. Ekwunife defected from the PDP to […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Court orders Kanu’s release from detention Jubilation as Nnamdi Kanu regains freedom Kanu’s release, a triumph over injustice —MASSOB Implement Confab report now—Ohanaeze By Chidi Nkwopara, Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Francis Igata & Ugochukwu Alaribe FIVE persons were, yesterday, shot dead at the Niger Bridge Head, while seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries when […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 14th, 2015
From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha A 77-year-old woman, Elder Mrs. Grace Orizu was roasted alive on Saturday afternoon when her son’s five-room bungalow at Little Wood Estate, Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state was allegedly set ablaze by suspected arsonists. Her nine year old house help, Progress N w a c […]
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Anambra, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, December 6th, 2015
By Chidi Nkwopara, Kingsley Omonobi, Wole Mosadomi, Omeiza Ajayi, Francis Igata, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Egufe Yafugborhi & Chimaobi Nwaiwu ABUJA—THE three-week-long pro-Biafra protests turned bloody, yesterday, as the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) killed nine of the protesters and injured 18 in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State. Irked by the stubborn disposition of the […]
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Anambra, Biafra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 6th, 2015
Tony Okafor Members of the Hausa community in Onitsha, Anambra State, who fled the town following the two-day pro-Biafran agitation fracas, which resulted in the death of about nine persons and destruction of properties, are still into hiding. When our correspondent visited Onitsha on Saturday, the baristas, shoe menders, green grocers, barbecue sellers and allied […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Vanguard By Vincent Ujumadu Awka- Anambra State government on Sunday, reacted yesterday to the rumour making the rounds that the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano was dead. Special Assistant on Media to Governor Obiano, Mr Emeka Ozumba, in a statement in Awka said the governor’s wife is hale and hearty. File […]
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Anambra, Boko Haram, Ebonyi, Headlines, South-East, State News
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, on Thursday explained why the planned protest by traders against the relocation of some Boko Haram suspects to Anambra State did not hold in the state. He told journalists during an inspection tour of ongoing projects in Abakaliki that since the suspects had already been taken to Abuja, […]
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Anambra, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 5th, 2015
Following the relocation of Boko Haram detainees to the Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State, the military have taken over the security of the facility. SUNDAY PUNCH investigations showed that security operations in the Federal Government facility are no longer the exclusive preserve of the officials of the Nigeria Prison Service. The development, sources told our […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano A restaurant in Anambra has reportedly been shut down for cooking human flesh and serving it to customers. The police were tipped off by locals who suspected something horrific was taking place inside the kitchen. They raided the hotel restaurant to discover human heads which were still dripping with […]
